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education was heavily supported in massachusetts. the education system there was rated very highly. host: let me put the numbers on the screen. 1.5 million young people between ages of 80-29 eligible to vote here in ohio. you both, i assume, have student loans. the average debt of college students is just under $28,000. the and apply merit among those between the ages of 20-24 is about 16.5%. guest: that is definitely a big issue for me and a big concern, the student loans and student interest rates. this affects meet effectively -- this affects what we fought for. making sure we talk to the legislators and talked about how we can afford to see the interest rates doubled. that is why we saw president obama during the summer go to college campuses and speak to students to say we cannot let the republican-led congress raise interest rates and see them double. that is something where i am glad has passed in a bipartisan manner. it is extremely important. when we talk about health grants -- pell grants, we talk about who will be investing in education programs? i am not saying that mitt
education was heavily supported in massachusetts. the education system there was rated very highly. host: let me put the numbers on the screen. 1.5 million young people between ages of 80-29 eligible to vote here in ohio. you both, i assume, have student loans. the average debt of college students is just under $28,000. the and apply merit among those between the ages of 20-24 is about 16.5%. guest: that is definitely a big issue for me and a big concern, the student loans and student interest...
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if you have an education, government health do with education. and basic health assistance, ask people from third world countries. government does not help them at all. so people here in america need to wake up and realize that, if you have a government out of your life, you will wake up one day. if you do not have a basic needs. if you can not buy food from if you lose your job, god forbid if you become ill and not able to work, and you did not gets food stamps or any kind of help -- you'd be out there just like people we see on commercials where they are asking for money to help feed these people. because just think about it. deep in your souls, think about it. if he did not have government to help you, it will be more on your own to struggle for these things. if you cannot work because were stricken down by an illness and you cannot work, then you will be out of there on your own. and you will be saying, i wish i had somebody to help me. this is my comment for this morning. host: thank you for making it. on twitter -- constitutionally limited
if you have an education, government health do with education. and basic health assistance, ask people from third world countries. government does not help them at all. so people here in america need to wake up and realize that, if you have a government out of your life, you will wake up one day. if you do not have a basic needs. if you can not buy food from if you lose your job, god forbid if you become ill and not able to work, and you did not gets food stamps or any kind of help -- you'd be...
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' education levels. we can see here -- host: why are these numbers significant? guest: what we know is that when a parent has a college degree, the student is going to be exposed and have in many cases good information on the college- going process. the point is that the policy level. we must do everything we can to support first generation families. 36% of the students who took the s.a.t. will be the first and their families to earn a college degree. that is great news. students who are coming from a background where college is not yet a tradition, often they don't have the same high-quality information. they may not know which courses to take. those rigorous courses. this is to point out that parental education in packs in today's world. we want to make sure that it doesn't. we want to make sure that every family have high-quality information. we have a college planning web site called the big future that we believe helps to level the playing field. we want to make certain that students coming from all
' education levels. we can see here -- host: why are these numbers significant? guest: what we know is that when a parent has a college degree, the student is going to be exposed and have in many cases good information on the college- going process. the point is that the policy level. we must do everything we can to support first generation families. 36% of the students who took the s.a.t. will be the first and their families to earn a college degree. that is great news. students who are coming...
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that begins with an education. it's to all of our benefit to ensure that everyone has a right to education that provides them real security going forward. host: a quick response to this question. a lot of people waiting to phone in as well. where did the name green party come from? guest: essentially it came from germany. where it originated. it originated in germany in the effort to move renewable energy, in particular solar energy, but wind as well, as an alternative to the nuclear power that germany felt particularly threatened by, especially after chernobyl, and according to many studies done by the countries surrounding chernobyl, there are over a million deaths that resulted in fact from the cancer as a result of the radiation. we have our own chernobyl in the form of fukushima, we have over 104 nuclear power plants in this country which are essentially fukushimas and chernobyls waiting to happen. so the lessons of the green party, which incidentally has been very successful in germany and throughout europe,
that begins with an education. it's to all of our benefit to ensure that everyone has a right to education that provides them real security going forward. host: a quick response to this question. a lot of people waiting to phone in as well. where did the name green party come from? guest: essentially it came from germany. where it originated. it originated in germany in the effort to move renewable energy, in particular solar energy, but wind as well, as an alternative to the nuclear power that...
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program that john supported in education. the reason that no child was left behind is that the money was left behind. with regard to the role of the vice-president, i had a long talk, as i'm sure the governor did with her principle and in my case it is barack obama and he asked me -- i have a history of getting things done the senate and john mccain will back that up. i would be the point person for the legislative initiatives in the united states congress for our administration. when asked if i wanted a portfolio, my response was no, barack obama said he wants me with and to help in government. for his decision, i will sit in the room and give him my best advice. one of the things he said early on when he was choosing, he said he wanted to pick someone who had independent judgment and would not be afraid to disagree. that is my reputation so i look forward to working with barack obama and playing a very constructive role in his presidency, bringing about the kind of change this country needs. >> we will have more from the 20
program that john supported in education. the reason that no child was left behind is that the money was left behind. with regard to the role of the vice-president, i had a long talk, as i'm sure the governor did with her principle and in my case it is barack obama and he asked me -- i have a history of getting things done the senate and john mccain will back that up. i would be the point person for the legislative initiatives in the united states congress for our administration. when asked if...
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now my parents, grandparents, educators. we never had a conversation about achieving the american dream. i would like to know really, what is the american dream? we have only just work here and accomplish things in america. we have never taught our children about achieving the american dream. i think we need to talk about what is the american dream before we have the conversation about whether it has been downsized or not. that is all i have to say. host: let's go to virginia to hear from an independent caller. caller: i think the american dream has been downsized. i am 57 years old. 20 years ago if you got a job, your medical was covered. if you bad until you were on top of the world. -- if you got dentil you were on top of the world. any chain that is hiring, they usually start you off at about $10 an hour. that is $1,600 a month. and you have rent, $4 a gallon gas, your insurance, car, everything out of $1,600 a month. your house and all of that. i do not know. they started this 401k thing somewhere along the line when i
now my parents, grandparents, educators. we never had a conversation about achieving the american dream. i would like to know really, what is the american dream? we have only just work here and accomplish things in america. we have never taught our children about achieving the american dream. i think we need to talk about what is the american dream before we have the conversation about whether it has been downsized or not. that is all i have to say. host: let's go to virginia to hear from an...